# Environmental Protection Act 1990, Paragraph 1


(1) The purpose of a waste reduction scheme is to provide a financial incentive—
(a) to produce less domestic waste, and
(b) to recycle more of what is produced,
and accordingly to reduce the amount of residual domestic waste.
(2) A waste reduction scheme—
(a) may cover the whole or any part of the area of a waste collection authority, and
(b) may apply to all domestic premises, to domestic premises other than those of a specified description or to specified descriptions of domestic premises.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/schedule/2AA/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990/schedule-2AA/paragraph-1
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